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Ambassador Friedman: Israel shouldn't have to ask U.S. permission to build in West Bank. In extensive interview to Israeli daily, Friedman says the administration never challenges Israeli construction plans for settlements, addresses Trump statement that Israel will have to pay 'high price' for embassy move >>

AP Top Stories May 16 P. Here are the top stories for Wednesday, May 16th: Trump discloses payment to Cohen; Thousands of teachers march in protest in N.C.; Protests continue in the West Bank; An ash plume from the Kilauea volcano has risen up to 12,000 feet above sea level. >>

Data shows Israeli settlements boosted after Trump election. Israel's government went on spending binge in West Bank settlements after Trump was elected, data shows >>

Donald Trump has just legitimized Israel's illegal conquest of occupied territory. The U.S. president has just knifed the international legal order in the back, on Israel's behalf. Now there's nothing to stop him backing an Israeli annexation of the West Bank >>

Israel advances plans for 1,000 West Bank settlement homes. The Israeli government on Wednesday announced that it was advancing plans to build over 1,000 new homes in West Bank settlements, pressing ahead with construction as the Trump administration prepares to unveil a long-awaited peace plan. >>

Israeli monitor: Settlements grew under Trump presidency. West Bank settlement construction surged during the first year of the Trump presidency, an Israeli group says. Peace Now said that Israel began construction of 2,783 homes in 2017,17 per cent higher than the annual average since 2009. >>

Israeli settlement activity appears to surge during the Trump era. Israel has launched a new settlement push in the West Bank since President Donald Trump took office in what could be the largest construction binge in years, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. >>

Peace Now: Israeli West Bank outposts boom under Trump. An Israeli watchdog group says Israeli settlers have established dozens of unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, most of them founded since President Donald Trump entered office >>

US Congressmen to Trump: Don't uproot West Bank settlements in peace plan. "The best way forward for peace and prosperity for Jews and Arabs is more industrial development where we can have integration and not segregation," Rep. Barr stated. >>

Watchdog says West Bank outposts have flourished under Trump. Peace Now report shows majority of wildcat communities established in recent years have been agricultural farms, which take up more land, but fly under radar, due to lack of homes >>

Will Trump be first president to support West Bank settlement annexation?. Israel has long held that settlement activity is irrelevant to any peace or diplomatic process. >>